Undergraduate Studies Committee
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
12:45 p.m. In-Person (PS 129) and On-line via Zoom Platform
Meeting Minutes
Voting Members Attending In-Person: J. Twombly (SSB).
Voting Members Attending via Zoom: C. Wetzel (ARCH), Y. Lin (BIOL), B. Glavic (CS), E. Oruklu (ECE), M. Vural (MMAE), V. Perez-Luna (CHBE), N. Legate (PSYC), D. Gidalevitz (PHYS), E. Hazard (HUM), G. Papivasiliou (BME), K. Leight (CHEM), S. Kleps (CAEE).
Also Attending In-Person: G. Smith (UGAA), S. Okai (LCSL), N. Menhart (BIOL/VP Accreditation), G. Pulliam (CAC).
Also Attending via Zoom: M. Haynes (UGAA), K. Hawkins (AMP), Z. Robinson (Academic Success), K. Cassel (ACE), P. Houser (INTM), M. Gray (CDR), M. Jorgensen Sulllivan (ELS), F. Estrada (Transfer Articulation), J. Gorzkowski (UGAA), A. Lagunas (Registrar), A. Matari-Renno (Registrar), J. Orgel (UGAA), T. Riley (UG Admissions), S. Okhai (LCSL).
Departments with absent voting members: ROTC, SSCI, SGA. FDSN, ITM, AMAT
Documents for this meeting are available at: <https://www5.iit.edu/~ugsc/documents/2021-2022/>.
Meeting chaired by Kathryn Spink.
Minutes recorded by Greg Pulliam.
Quorum declared at 12:49 p.m.
Adjourn at: 1:47 p.m.
1. Approval of the minutes for October 12: The minutes were approved by unanimous consent.
2. Information item: The chair reminds attendees that there are only two UGSC meetings in the fall term remaining after today, and that any new program proposals hoping to make the final fall UFC meeting must be presented at the 11/9 UGSC meeting. The first spring meeting will be on January 25.
3. Dual Degree and Double-Major Policy Proposal (Menhart)
This proposal will supersede/sidestep the Faculty Handbook’s Appendix P, which requires dual-degree and double-major program to follow the standard faculty approval process for new programs. Approved by unanimous consent.
4. Program review schedule—no changes were requested, so the schedule stands.
5. Illinois Articulation Initiative Progress Report—Fred Estrada.